Stop Stereotypes-End Labeling

By | Bias awareness, biases, biases and assumptions, diverse teams, diverse workforce, diverse workplace, Diversity, diversity and inclusion. biases, stereotypes

It’s so easy to be mentally lazy, stereotype and label people we don’t know well. We listen to what other people tell us, default to stereotypes. This takes the work out of  having to interact in meaningful ways or experience discomfort with people who are different. We don’t have to make decisions for ourselves or take the time to understand…

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The Somewhere of Bias

By | bias, Bias awareness, biases, biases and assumptions, Discrimination, Diversity

Whether we like it or not, everyone has bias. As much as many of us want to think of ourselves as unbiased, we are products of our personal history, messages we’ve received growing up from people around us, the media, peers and people in authority. We’ve also learned to interpret events based on our experiences and individual perspectives. Because we…

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Benefits of Filtering Out Bias

By | bias, biases, biases and assumptions, Diversity, diversity and inclusion, diversity at work, leadership bias

A key component of any diversity and inclusion/ culture change process is the ability to understand one’s own biases and assumptions.  Learning to recognize personal unconscious biases and assumptions, enables leaders to see the world through other peoples’ eyes, and practice “inclusionist leadership” behaviors.  This results in  employees having opportunity and motivation to use their skills and experience to be…

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Three Stale Diversity Slogans That Trivialize Diversity

By | assumptions, biases, cultural diversity, diversity and inclusion, Diversity Behaviors, The Golden Rule, The Platinum Rule

Meaningless Diversity Slogans(We probably have used these more times than we admit. I pledge to stop myself before I use them) 1- The Golden Rule- Treat people the way you want to be treatedWhat if you hate yourselfWhat if they other people don’t want what you wantWhat if you have no idea how you want to be treated because you’ve…

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